- Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel
85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…mittee Murray Akresh, chair makresh@aol.com John Weiser johnw@bwbsolutions.com Implementation Committee John Weiser, chair johnw@bwbsolutions.com Our Process Review previous plans and ideas for redesigning the BEKI sanctuary. Research other congregations that have undertaken similar projects. Present information and ideas to the BEKI community, and gather feedback. Provide consistent updates. Synthesize community feedback into sanctuary design. Pr…
…ion about this and other Tikun Olam (Social Action/Justice) programs at BEKI, please contact co-chairs: Darryl Kuperstock (kuperst@gmail.com 203-215-8555) or Steve Werlin (shwerlin@gmail.com 617-721-8213)….
…ommunity leaders have warned him (`ein anu kofin et ha-ba`al liten la get u-le-hagbotah ketubata `ad she-yitru bo) … and when he receives the warning and he is made to wait under the observer, if the observer testifies that he repeated his violence we collect her alimony for her.23 Rashba seems to conclude similarly in one of his responsa.24 Moreover, Rabbenu Simha ben Shemuel, cited in many sources, states explicitly that the court may turn to ge…
…verse reads as follows. I will not punish your daughters nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for their men had gone astray sacrificing with harlots. Unable to rely on the changing moral order, the halakha chose the rights of women. Was the halakha hostile to the mitzva of the sota ceremony? Never! However, the sages of the Mishna, the inventors of the ketuba, saw the sota ceremony very differently than we do today. As recorded in…
…Schmooze Miryam Kabakov June 30, 2021 BEKI Annual Meeting June 21, 2021 JUNETEENTH, the African-American Celebration of Freedom Robert Forbes June 16, 2021 Tea Tasting Caroline Keogh of New Haven Tea June 9, 2021 Anti-Asian Racism in America Rachel Forbes June 2, 2021 Together New Haven: Economic Development in New Haven Carlos Eyzaguirre May 26, 2021 Regendering the Torah Yael Kanarek May 19, 2021 Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and End…
…e Texas Department of Public Safety, as well as our partners at the Secure Community Network (SCN), who have been monitoring this situation carefully. “As rabbis, cantors, and Jewish communal leaders, we stand firmly with the Texas Jewish community and must ensure that Jews are able to worship freely, safely, and never in fear. We pray for a peaceful resolution to this conflict and especially for the safety of those trapped inside the synagogue, a…
…ed the first to raise the donkey. The first driver then began to think, “So-and-so is thus my friend, and I did not even know it.” Both entered an inn and ate and drank together. What happened here? The second driver remembered the mitzva of helping others, even a meanie, and so he returned to help the driver whose donkey had the flat tire. Now this little story tells us exactly what was the dynamic that reconciled these two people. That’s what un…
…And, like in Jacob’s dream, I hope that there may be new angels that will come to accompany me through the next stage of my life. One reason to be optimistic about the possibility that I will find the help I need when I need it, comes from family stories that I have heard in which my family was faithful to God and received his protection. My mother tells me that her Zadie was a very religious man who prayed daily. In his old age, she asked him wh…
…olating the Torah commandment against endangering one’s life. The importance of this rule is far greater than that of fasting. Gemar Hatima Tova, Jon-Jay Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel October 2005…
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